Good read on an old crime re-opened for the wrong man who went to jail for a crime he did not commit. That’s what this new investigative podcast is telling all their listeners any way.

Psychiatrist mother and wife thinks she’s murdered her first husband. In fact she’s certain. Did she get away with the murder of her abusive husband that may have sent an innocent young man to jail for 10 long years? Or is something else going on? This book has so many twists and turns you’ll be tied up in knots guessing until you reach your a-ha moment. If you do!

A great new talent I am glad to have found. You’ll enjoy it too! Nicely done!

Imagine a true crime podcast digging into your past... Hannah’s life turns upside down when they reinvestigate her husbands murder.

What did I like? I loved the blurb but as I started reading I just think most of this situation could have been avoided if anyone told the truth. Lies, lies, and more lies. For me it’s just daunting to read when you know the characters are creating there own misery.

Would I buy or recommend? To each their own when it comes to reading this one. I had a hard time trying to understand where the author was taking us and that ending was just bleak.

I received a complimentary copy to read and voluntarily left an opinion.

To me, this book was kind of a mess. Many parts were gripping but the book was all over the place. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free copy in exchange for review.

Wow, what a great read. Pulls you in right from the beginning and gives you a great psychological thriller full of twists and turns. Definitely recommend for all readers of thrillers, suspense and mystery.

She finds her husband murdered in their bed, she can’t remember anything.

Years later Hannah has moved on from the trauma of her husband’s murder and is in a happy relationship with Dan. She's doing well at work, despite harbouring some negative feelings for her oldest friend, who also happens to be her boss.

All is going well (pretty much) until a new season of the podcast "Conviction" is advertised as covering her husbands murder. As the episodes air Hannah's life starts to crumble before her eyes.

A good thriller, the second half of the book better than the first. I didn't particularly like Hannah nor any of the other characters. If I don't feel that connection to the characters I typically don't love the book. It was good, don't get me wrong, just didn't grab me as it did others.

I'd give it 3.5 stars but not 4 so I'm rounding down.

Thank you to #Netgalley and @StMartinsPress for an advanced copy of Possession by Katie Lowe.

Imagine an intruder in your house. He knocks you out, and when you wake up, your husband is dead, the police are rolling their eyes at your story, and you cannot remember a thing. Ten years pass, your daughter is growing up, you have a new job, live in a new town, and are engaged to a wonderful man. Ok, it isn't perfect, the past always haunts you, but the police arrested the killer, and you believe the right man is behind bars.
So what could go wrong? Anna Byers and her true-crime podcast, Conviction, will tear Hannah's world apart. Season Four will feature The Murder of Graham Cattan, Hannah's husband, and let's be honest, there must be a whole closet full of skeletons waiting to fall out or this very popular podcast wouldn't be featuring this tale. Or perhaps, people will just say anything to have their fifteen minutes of fame, and no one really cares about the fallout.
As the story progresses the episodes of Conviction get more and more disturbing. Hannah hasn't let many people into her life since the murder, and not only does she doubt her own version of what happened, so do those closest to her. Except for Darcy Burke, the new owner of Harkwood House, a place that holds a special significance to Hannah. But as Hannah spirals out of control the line between truth and fiction blurs.
Lots of pieces from the past are revealed, and when the puzzle was complete, I was stunned. So many twists and turns, and while I had my suspicions about whodunnit, I was so wrong about the why.4.5 stars.

Ten years ago, Hannah’s husband, Graham, was lying on the floor with a knife in his neck. Did she murder him? She had always maintained her innocence, and someone else was arrested and convicted for the murder...filed away as a botched burglary.

Now, Hannah and her daughter live with her fiancé. When a popular podcast called “CONVICTION” decides to focus on the decade-old murder of Graham, it becomes apparent that the folks behind the podcast think Hannah is guilty, and they will do what they can to prove it...and help free the wrongly convicted man.

This is the type of psychological thriller that will keep you guessing the entire time...looking for clues even where they might not seem apparent. I was intrigued for most of the book, and originally thought this was trending towards a 4-star rating.

However...

There are some plot holes. Some of them are minor, as if the author wasn’t sure which direction the story was going in...and then never went back to clean up her earlier work after choosing her path forward. There is also a major plot hole towards the end that had me shaking my head. There are a few other things I am questioning, but I don’t want to put spoilers in this review.

3.5 stars rounded down.

This was a fun buddy read with Jayme. We definitely had some laughs discussing our various theories (some of mine were definitely ridiculous), and I think we both ended up feeling the exact same way about this one.

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press, author Katie Lowe, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 rounded down

London, 2008
Tap Tap Tap
The sound of her husband Graham’s blood , dripping on the floor.
But, Hannah cannot remember what happened the night he was killed.
Or, if she was the one wielding the knife.

Derbyshire, 2018

“CONVICTION” a popular podcast has decided to make Graham’s Murder- their next case.
Host Anna Byers, thinks the young man in jail has been wrongly convicted.
She doesn’t believe in Hannah’s dissociative amnesia.
She also doesn’t believe that Hannah is innocent of the crime.

Each section of the book goes back and forth in time, exposing the lies, secrets and omissions that will be revealed in the next episode of the Podcast, though it was a bit tricky figuring the format out.

PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION to each conversation because many drop revelations, casually, which have not been previously exposed.

This story will keep you guessing the entire time!
There is plenty of misdirection and several suspects to choose from....that is, if YOU think Hannah is innocent.
Even Hannah isn’t sure if she is.

I was intrigued but when the story wrapped up, there was a HUGE plot hole which I just couldn’t get past.
It made no sense to me.
For that reason, I rounded down.

Available January 26, 2021

Thank You to St. Martin’s Press for my gifted copy. It was my pleasure to provide an honest review!

I thought this was a really great book! It is suspenseful and interesting and just creepy enough. I really love novels coming out about podcasting and more modern things and I found this novel to do that in a really realistic way. I did not see the ending coming, and was satisfied with it- not always an easy thing to do in the mystery/thriller genre!

This book really kept me going.. There were parts that were a little hard to follow and the ending was a little over the top... Did they really have to kill Dan? Overall, it was. a great page turner.

Twists, turns, red herrings and an ending you won’t see coming! Possession, by Katie Lowe is a well honed thriller driven by flawed, believable characters. Moody, dark, with a Hitchcockesque flair. This is my first read by this author, it won’t be my last!

This book was good in premise. I loved the plot but found the book boring and at times confusing. It took me awhile to read it because I just wasn’t that interested and it could not keep my attention. The end was ok and picked up speed, but was a little predictable once the author decided where they were going with the story. Give it a chance, just wasn’t for me.

So, being a BIG FAN of a true crime podcast this book seemed really interesting to me.
This book begins with Hannah, whose husband was murdered. She was questioned but eventually the local authorities found the person who they believed murdered her husband. The police said that it was a burglary gone wrong.
Now, Decades later a podcast is going through the case again. With this podcast the creater is involved with thier own investigation and now they have decided that Hannah is the real killer and she was the one that got away with murder, allowing the boy to be framed for the murder while she went on living her life. While everything is going on Hannah is now working with teenagers with eating disorders and living the dream she was successful, she had a love life and her daughter was doing amazing with everything considered. Now, the past the murder everything is coming back to haunt her and to threaten her new life.
OMG this book is so great! The twist and the turns are absolutely stunning! This book is definitely written well and the plot is just great! I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves thrillers and every statement will have you questioning every motive behind each character and who would really want Graham dead. The story of abuse, lies and betrayal that will leave you thinking about everything even after you finish the book!

Thank You NetGally, Publisher and Author for this gifted eBook

Summary
story of a woman whose husband was murdered ten years ago, and of the true-crime podcast that digs up all the secrets from her past she'd tried to keep buried...

Review
What did I just read? Can I just say AMAZING!!!!
From start to end.... this book did not disappoint.
One of the best thrillers I've read in a bit.
It will keep you on the edge of your seat the entire time.
It sure did mine.

Rating- 4/5
Overall- Fantastic Book
Originally published: July 22, 2020
Author: Katie Lowe
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Psychological thriller, Crime Fiction

This was a story about being haunted by the people we disappoint.

I thought this was going to be a paranormal thriller (based on the title only) but it turned out to be real life scary instead. I appreciated the tense atmosphere & uncertainty threaded throughout- up until the very end I wasn’t really sure about any of the characters.. which paired with the narrative, and the protagonist who wasn’t even sure about herself.

Thanks Netgalley & St. Martins Press for this e-ARC.

This picks up around the halfway point, but it's a chore to get through until then. Also, I'm getting tired of these books where people don't say things to each other, instead marinating in their secrets. Or these books where people let their kids talk to them any kinda way. Once again, I am too Southern for that.

Thank you, St. Martin's, for this copy.

10 years after her first husband’s murder a podcast starts bringing suspission back to Hannah. Hannah is a psychiatrist with her life perfectly together with her daughter Evie and live in boyfriend Dan. She has no memory of her husband’s murder but is also unconviced of her own inocence since she knows she did pick up the knife that night since she was done with the abuse. As the story progresses Hannah’s mental health disintegrates. Could Hannah be following in her murderous grandmother’s footsteps and is she being haunted by her husband’s malicious ghost?
Possession is a tale that is non stop from the beginning. It grabbed my attention right away and held it all the way through. I honestly was kept guessing until the end. Though I had a theory of “who done it” I wasn’t sure as it was only one of a few. I really liked this book!

Possession is certainly the correct title for this book because it certainly possessed me. Hannah thinks she has put the past behind her until a crime podcast re-visits what happened when her husband was murdered. Most of the book I was convinced that Hannah was guilty. The author than starts putting together this story of revenge and the lengths that people go to. You may feel a little adrift at first but soldier through because the pay off is worth it. Dark, terrifying and thrilling read.
Thanks Martin Press and Netgalley for an ARC.

Holy heck, this book. It is a crime thriller that swaps back and forth between present day and a past portion of Hannah's life. The author had me guessing whether or not Hannah did what she's accused of nearly the entire book. I'm normally good at figuring out the whodunnit, and I was not successful here at all. The twists and turns, as well as the slow leak of pertinent information to the case at hand, made this book a gripping read for me.

Wow. Possession was extremely dark and twisty, this psychological thriller had me all over the place. She did it she didn’t do it she did and back to she didn’t did she. An amazing ride. This was hard to put down. Possession had me trapped for hours.